55. If, therefore, ye despise
marriages of sons of men, from which to beget sons of men, love ye
with your whole heart Him, Who is fair of form above the sons of
men; ye have leisure; your heart is free from marriage bonds. Gaze
on the Beauty of your Lover: think of Him equal to the Father, made
subject also to His Mother: ruling even in the heavens, and serving
upon the earth: creating all things, created among all things. That
very thing, which in Him the proud mock at, gaze on, how fair it
is: with inward eyes gaze on the wounds of Him hanging, the scars
of Him rising again, the blood of Him dying, the price of him that
believes, the gain of Him that redeems. Consider of how great value
these are, weigh them in the scales of Charity; and whatever of
love ye had to expend upon your marriages, pay back to
Him.